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Are less-thirsty crops a solution to Colorado’s growing water problems?

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By Michael Booth Verified
| High Plains Public Radio Verified
Surveying miles of sprouting Eastern Plains farm fields, the logic around Colorado’s deepening water crisis might sound simple. Colorado each year sinks deeper and deeper into a crisis of water shortages. Up to 90% of the water available in the state each year is used for agriculture. It takes 44 inches of water a year in Burlington to grow alfalfa. Only about 10 inches of water drops on Burlington in a year. It only takes 15 inches of water to grow a healthy crop of black-eyed peas in Burlington.
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Can a giant robot glue gun help solve Colorado’s housing crisis?

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By Michael Booth Verified
| The Colorado Sun Verified
There are multiple launch points for optimism in watching a tiny home take shape on the garage-size turntables at Azure Printed Homes in a northeastern Denver warehouse. After the 3D printing robotic arms have applied their magic for about 24 hours, the result is a sturdy, solar-powered starter home or mountain cabin that is built for about 30% less money than a comparable tiny home. And 70% faster. Oh, and somewhere between 100,000 and 150,000 plastic bottles have been recycled into the walls.
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Pity the lonely brook trout: How to stop an invasion with this one genetic trick

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By Michael Booth Verified
| The Colorado Sun Verified
Fingerllng “Trojan” brook trout on April 23 receiving one in a series of treatments that genetically guarantee their eventual offspring will be male-only, and thus end the invasion of Colorado’s high-country streams and make way for native species. The breeding stock is raised by Colorado Parks and Wildlife at the Bellvue State Trout Hatchery and Rearing Unit.
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